Max Ryynänen
@maxryynanen.bsky.social
Aesthetics/Philosophy & Art Research, Pop & MartialArts Studies
Ex galleristi, toisinaan vielä kriitikko, (Epä)kirjailija - maailmanfilosofi
https://maxryynanen.net/
https://link.springer.com/series/60335
https://societyofdialogicalaesthetics.weebly.com/
Ex galleristi, toisinaan vielä kriitikko, (Epä)kirjailija - maailmanfilosofi
https://maxryynanen.net/
https://link.springer.com/series/60335
https://societyofdialogicalaesthetics.weebly.com/
David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011) is witty and eye-opening. Sounds like a simple concept, but debt is actually not 'debt' as we think of it in everyday language - especially when we take a birds-eye and look at colonialism, states, and the origin of monetary systems. What a mess!
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011) is witty and eye-opening. Sounds like a simple concept, but debt is actually not 'debt' as we think of it in everyday language - especially when we take a birds-eye and look at colonialism, states, and the origin of monetary systems. What a mess!
Friends in Southern Hungary: I will talk in Szeged on Thursday. I have increasingly become interested in poppish ways of using heritage - and the philosophical problems lurking in that practice. I will mostly concentrate on built heritage, but even Keith Richards memes will be touched upon.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Friends in Southern Hungary: I will talk in Szeged on Thursday. I have increasingly become interested in poppish ways of using heritage - and the philosophical problems lurking in that practice. I will mostly concentrate on built heritage, but even Keith Richards memes will be touched upon.
Taiteilija Konsta Klemetti kuvasi minut pyhimyksenä. Onnistui mainiosti! Jouduin tasapainottelemaan lasin päällä, mutta oli hauskaa. Tämä on ilmeisesti laajempikin sarja ihmisistä pyhimyksinä, mutta taisin olla ensimmäinen.
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Taiteilija Konsta Klemetti kuvasi minut pyhimyksenä. Onnistui mainiosti! Jouduin tasapainottelemaan lasin päällä, mutta oli hauskaa. Tämä on ilmeisesti laajempikin sarja ihmisistä pyhimyksinä, mutta taisin olla ensimmäinen.
I seldom drag my bio mass to the touristified historical culture-dead center of Helsinki, but Mireia Saladrigues's exhibition at Gallery Sculptor was worth it - and her life work is just to the point of the problem area with studies on marble fetishism and heritage metaphysics. Recommendation!
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I seldom drag my bio mass to the touristified historical culture-dead center of Helsinki, but Mireia Saladrigues's exhibition at Gallery Sculptor was worth it - and her life work is just to the point of the problem area with studies on marble fetishism and heritage metaphysics. Recommendation!
The printed version of Trying Out New Paths in Aesthetics (Brill, 2025) is finally here.
Thank you Saumya Suyal, Rodrigo Duarte, Lenka Bardová, Myriam Ávila, Peter Baumann, Gisela Kramer, Matti Tainio, Gabriela Farías Islas, Noora Korpelainen, Mateusz Salwa and Yvonne Förster for the chapters!
Thank you Saumya Suyal, Rodrigo Duarte, Lenka Bardová, Myriam Ávila, Peter Baumann, Gisela Kramer, Matti Tainio, Gabriela Farías Islas, Noora Korpelainen, Mateusz Salwa and Yvonne Förster for the chapters!
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The printed version of Trying Out New Paths in Aesthetics (Brill, 2025) is finally here.
Thank you Saumya Suyal, Rodrigo Duarte, Lenka Bardová, Myriam Ávila, Peter Baumann, Gisela Kramer, Matti Tainio, Gabriela Farías Islas, Noora Korpelainen, Mateusz Salwa and Yvonne Förster for the chapters!
Thank you Saumya Suyal, Rodrigo Duarte, Lenka Bardová, Myriam Ávila, Peter Baumann, Gisela Kramer, Matti Tainio, Gabriela Farías Islas, Noora Korpelainen, Mateusz Salwa and Yvonne Förster for the chapters!
Barbara Day's The Velvet Philosophers (1999) dives into the history of Czecholovakian underground universities during the Socialist regime. Incredible stories and facts - from Derrida's imprisonment to the amount of leaders (e g. Havel) who studied UG so to speak... A great read!
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Barbara Day's The Velvet Philosophers (1999) dives into the history of Czecholovakian underground universities during the Socialist regime. Incredible stories and facts - from Derrida's imprisonment to the amount of leaders (e g. Havel) who studied UG so to speak... A great read!
Apfelstrudel and architectural kitsch in Vienna. Damn I want to learn to bake these! The taste of the sauce is also on a psychedelic level at Café Landtmann. Had forgot this treat.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Apfelstrudel and architectural kitsch in Vienna. Damn I want to learn to bake these! The taste of the sauce is also on a psychedelic level at Café Landtmann. Had forgot this treat.
Fancy places at the University of Vienna - where SLS's seminar with Nordic Studies is just beginning. Making new friends!
#universityofvienna #svenskalitteratursällskapet
#universityofvienna #svenskalitteratursällskapet
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fancy places at the University of Vienna - where SLS's seminar with Nordic Studies is just beginning. Making new friends!
#universityofvienna #svenskalitteratursällskapet
#universityofvienna #svenskalitteratursällskapet
Bojana Piškur's installation
EAST OF EAST: TRAINS AND THE MAKING OF THE EAST at the
#kyivbiennial2025 made me see the Middle East as a train paradise - for the first time, and Europe connected to it in a way I never thought about.
EAST OF EAST: TRAINS AND THE MAKING OF THE EAST at the
#kyivbiennial2025 made me see the Middle East as a train paradise - for the first time, and Europe connected to it in a way I never thought about.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Bojana Piškur's installation
EAST OF EAST: TRAINS AND THE MAKING OF THE EAST at the
#kyivbiennial2025 made me see the Middle East as a train paradise - for the first time, and Europe connected to it in a way I never thought about.
EAST OF EAST: TRAINS AND THE MAKING OF THE EAST at the
#kyivbiennial2025 made me see the Middle East as a train paradise - for the first time, and Europe connected to it in a way I never thought about.
Kyiv Biennial 2025 (in exile - this section was in Warsaw's new art museum)
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Kyiv Biennial 2025 (in exile - this section was in Warsaw's new art museum)
I had some great chats about Western/Eastern philosophy with Yuriko Saito and Eva Man Kit Wah. I gained valuable hints on where to head in my readings! And a strong suggestion to come to Hong Kong for a visit. Let's see...
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I had some great chats about Western/Eastern philosophy with Yuriko Saito and Eva Man Kit Wah. I gained valuable hints on where to head in my readings! And a strong suggestion to come to Hong Kong for a visit. Let's see...
Roisin näköistä, mutta herkullista: karppialadoobia juutalaisessa ravintolassa Puolassa
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Roisin näköistä, mutta herkullista: karppialadoobia juutalaisessa ravintolassa Puolassa
Yuriko Saito talking in Warsaw. The way she bridges European and Asian philosophical traditions is amazing, and I have a feeling she might become someone in the history of philosophy, although right now only a margin in arts and everyday studies reads her.
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Yuriko Saito talking in Warsaw. The way she bridges European and Asian philosophical traditions is amazing, and I have a feeling she might become someone in the history of philosophy, although right now only a margin in arts and everyday studies reads her.
Varsovaa kahdella kuvalla. Kaupunki on hipsteröitynytkin, mutta sitäkin enemmän juppiutunut ja suurkaupunkimaistunut sitten viime näkemän. Elisa Di Stefanon johtaman EVA:n arjen estetiikka -kollokvion pääpuhuja on Yuriko Saito. Itseni pitäisi tänään vetää osallistujille hikipaja aisteista.
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Varsovaa kahdella kuvalla. Kaupunki on hipsteröitynytkin, mutta sitäkin enemmän juppiutunut ja suurkaupunkimaistunut sitten viime näkemän. Elisa Di Stefanon johtaman EVA:n arjen estetiikka -kollokvion pääpuhuja on Yuriko Saito. Itseni pitäisi tänään vetää osallistujille hikipaja aisteista.
Gianni Brunoro has written a beautiful, philosophically sharp book on Hugo Pratt / Corto Maltese
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Gianni Brunoro has written a beautiful, philosophically sharp book on Hugo Pratt / Corto Maltese
Pasolini was murdered 50 yrs ago. His influence is special. Audio works, animations, comics study his original thought. Books on his work dive into unsolvable cultural issues. Hard to digest! I dream of a book with interviews - contemporary artists on PPP as inspiration. Finnish/English. Publisher?
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Pasolini was murdered 50 yrs ago. His influence is special. Audio works, animations, comics study his original thought. Books on his work dive into unsolvable cultural issues. Hard to digest! I dream of a book with interviews - contemporary artists on PPP as inspiration. Finnish/English. Publisher?
Famun legendarinen Janssonin kiusaus
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Famun legendarinen Janssonin kiusaus
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: Cassette Vol.1 at the House of Dance Helsinki recycled 1980s
- dance school aesthetics
- hair
- (street) fashion
- music video atmosphere
- audiovisual Americana
and functioned in a light-hearted way - sneakily also analyzing a historical (mainly non-white) cluster phenomenon
- dance school aesthetics
- hair
- (street) fashion
- music video atmosphere
- audiovisual Americana
and functioned in a light-hearted way - sneakily also analyzing a historical (mainly non-white) cluster phenomenon
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: Cassette Vol.1 at the House of Dance Helsinki recycled 1980s
- dance school aesthetics
- hair
- (street) fashion
- music video atmosphere
- audiovisual Americana
and functioned in a light-hearted way - sneakily also analyzing a historical (mainly non-white) cluster phenomenon
- dance school aesthetics
- hair
- (street) fashion
- music video atmosphere
- audiovisual Americana
and functioned in a light-hearted way - sneakily also analyzing a historical (mainly non-white) cluster phenomenon
Tämän lukeminen on jotenkin jäänyt väliin, mutta tänään tartuin kirjaan. Ainakin alku on sekä viihdyttävä että informatiivinen (koskien sitä miten filosofia jäsennettiin myöhäisantiikissa).
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tämän lukeminen on jotenkin jäänyt väliin, mutta tänään tartuin kirjaan. Ainakin alku on sekä viihdyttävä että informatiivinen (koskien sitä miten filosofia jäsennettiin myöhäisantiikissa).
Taloyhtiön isien saunaryhmä vieraili eilen Sipoonjoen perinnesaunassa. Aiemmin olemme käyneet mm. Tallinnan Kalmasaunissa, Jätkäsaaren Uusi Saunassa sekä useasti Puotilan Hyvän Tuulen Saunassa, mutta tämä hobittimainen korpisavusauna paljuineen, Syvä Joki -henkisine maisemineen oli huima! Erilainen.
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Taloyhtiön isien saunaryhmä vieraili eilen Sipoonjoen perinnesaunassa. Aiemmin olemme käyneet mm. Tallinnan Kalmasaunissa, Jätkäsaaren Uusi Saunassa sekä useasti Puotilan Hyvän Tuulen Saunassa, mutta tämä hobittimainen korpisavusauna paljuineen, Syvä Joki -henkisine maisemineen oli huima! Erilainen.
Koira kuuroutuu. Tutkija voi tilata paperilehden. (Koira ei herää.) Huolellisen tutkimuksen tulos: ankkalampi-osioista huolimatta HBl on parhaiten taustoitettu (/asiantuntijavetoisin), kosmopoliittisin. Peittoaa vaihtoehtoverkkolehdetkin. Tervetuloa taloon, höblä! Kulttuurisivujakin pystyy lukemaan.
October 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Koira kuuroutuu. Tutkija voi tilata paperilehden. (Koira ei herää.) Huolellisen tutkimuksen tulos: ankkalampi-osioista huolimatta HBl on parhaiten taustoitettu (/asiantuntijavetoisin), kosmopoliittisin. Peittoaa vaihtoehtoverkkolehdetkin. Tervetuloa taloon, höblä! Kulttuurisivujakin pystyy lukemaan.
Kansallisfilosofia puhdistetaan
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Kansallisfilosofia puhdistetaan
This Ubuntu for Warriors (2021) by Colin Chasi gives a good introduction to the concept and its martial dimensions. Chapters on e.g. history, Steve Biko and the Mandelas. Surprising read.
October 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This Ubuntu for Warriors (2021) by Colin Chasi gives a good introduction to the concept and its martial dimensions. Chapters on e.g. history, Steve Biko and the Mandelas. Surprising read.
Just dived the first 60 pages into Santiago Zabala's brand new Signs From the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings - which reads e.g. Heidegger's and Arendt's lifeworks (correctly, of course) as warnings. What a pleasure to find this perspective!
October 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Just dived the first 60 pages into Santiago Zabala's brand new Signs From the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings - which reads e.g. Heidegger's and Arendt's lifeworks (correctly, of course) as warnings. What a pleasure to find this perspective!
En ole dekkari-ihminen, mutta Indrek Hargian jankrossahtavat Melchiorit toimivat. Apteekkari Melchior ja Olevisten Kirkon arvoitus (alkup. 2010) on kiehtova. En niinkään juonesta jaksa jännittyä. On vaan kiva immersoitua vanhaan Tallinnaan. Seuraavan luen kyllä eestiksi verestääkseni kieltäni!
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
En ole dekkari-ihminen, mutta Indrek Hargian jankrossahtavat Melchiorit toimivat. Apteekkari Melchior ja Olevisten Kirkon arvoitus (alkup. 2010) on kiehtova. En niinkään juonesta jaksa jännittyä. On vaan kiva immersoitua vanhaan Tallinnaan. Seuraavan luen kyllä eestiksi verestääkseni kieltäni!